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thcm mart fully the benefit u 1 attemling public wz.,+ A. conversation ensued, in which Mr. Rose, , Mr. Wilberforce, Sir J. Newport, Lord Ej Petty, Mr. Corwvn, Mr Babington, Mr. Palmer, Mr. D. Gid dy, Mr. Parnell, Mr• a Brown, Lord" Milton, Tnompson, and Sir John Sinclair, participated ; al ter whioh The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied to the principal observations of the several different sneakers. He praised the Governors and Trustees of Queen Anne's Bounty, who were as attentive as any men ethild be to the interests of the Church. With reiiped to the circumstance of small livings being held by those who possessed larger, he could not think that generally the case; it was more frequent ly found, that two rich livings were held by the same individual, than a large and a small one.— There alight be such cases, but he believed them so few .tou they were. not ,wortity of particular consi cier.iiiou. He concluded, expressing his satisfaaion at:ii)e tlaani,noui sentiment of the Houle being in 1 . a our of toe pt , or Clergy< it , :101U(1011 was then put and carried. _ ,Ilke . C . KANcit.t.iott of the ,EXCIIEQUE“ rose, for I the p ; ;;,cpzis,.: 01 pit,posing, that there be given so the Aev. Dr. C4rtwrigi.kt som, re unin.eration, in conse queoce of: the_ loss*tstained by him in his endeavours to an* , oikk9 manufa&ory , by the inven tion et InAclaines,twilleli were of great and. confessed utility.. The ,tight lon. Gcntleman,;'after.advert. ith; to the .Xetuorial made, on this Gentleman's be. him, by ; twenty or thirty respectable persons, stated, that front the ev;dence of a person examined before the Committee, the Rev. Dr. Cartwright had ex pended 00,1gssthan 30 or 40,0001. in this species of useful ,ittiprovernent. He trusted..the House would evince its liberality, by representing. the country in an tai,of, geL l erwity, no, should not say remunera tion, to an individual, upon the ruins of whose pri vate fortune the public had laid the foundation of greatlativantages, ap4 not suffer him to be the vic tim offi -prejudice, which, by ignorant persons, had kcep siiewn.tow,arcls,hil exertions; The Hon. Gen tlentali concluded, by proposing the grant of 10,0001. to the I l ev. Dr. Cart Wright, as a reward for his use ful labour in the improvetnent of the cotton .ma chinery. After a few worth from Mr. W..SMITII, in general testimony to the laudable exertions of the ingenious Do6tor, the aunt Was unanimously voted. • The, following sums were likowlke voted for the purposersas opeciaed :• For the firinting of the lournals . - 4 3057 r 8 I' Or 3tie Preservation of the Timber in the New , Vorest . - - . 4seo 0 0 For the Building atilt Royal Naval Asylum; and the Support of that Establishment for the year • 3 609 , - . - - , 35, , :. 00 0. 0 The Chairman brought up the Report, which was orcipred to be received to-morrow. $,gA-rs IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. CURWEN having moved the reading of the Order of the Day for resuming the consideration of the said Bill in a Committee : the Order of the Day. being read, the House accordingly resolved into the said Committee. Many clauses were, by mutual consent of both &Ides, struck out of the Bill, and some others amend ed. the Pt ANCELLOR of the 'Ex cn MU R proposed a new clause, by which the tonajide purchase °Hands, tenements, &e. under burghago - tenure, should nut be considered illegal. _ _ _ :Mr. W. Ssxni said, that whatever advantage should be derived from this Bill, would be.to see clearly what heretofore had been concealed under a mask. If any person, unacquainted previouily with its nature, were to read the clause proposed and the Bill itself 4 be would not, he believed, suppose the toriner to have any coeneelion , with the latter. The Hen. Gentleman basing adverted to the 4oth . of the present reign respeaing the nature of borough claims in Ireland, said, he would propose as a clause, " That no Borough Proprietor should be entitled to cempensation, unless he made a declaration to the etreet of not having been influenced in his election vote by any consideration, and that the person con vitled of ailing contrary to such declaration should forfeit any title to compensation for the loss of pro prietorship which he may subseqnently incur." The CitaNceetok of the Etettauvea, for the same reason as the Honk Gentleman had gieen con cerning his clause, could not perceive the relevancy' of that proposed by the Hon. Gentleman himseif. In fatty, hill (Mr. Perceval'a) clause was not confined to bnrgliage tenure pureliaaers only, but the purchase of lands, &o. its any other way. The Hon. Gentle-. man would do as well to postpone his observationi on the berghage tenure, till its abolition was brought forward as legislative measure. A long conversation took place on the clause ori ginally proposed by the Chancellor of the Excjie tiller, • in which Mr. Tierney, Mr. W. Smith, the Attorney-General, Sir 4. Anstruther, the Chancel lor of the t %chequer, Lord Porchester, and Lord Miiton participated. Eventually the original clause ivaft agreed to' without a division ;. and Mr. Smith Withdrew his proposed clause. " The CitaNdet4ott - of the Excuesauen proposed a elatise, by which t4nse persona who obtained their returns by an express agreement -fpr the granting of offices,"Should be deprived al their seats, and that .chose inUiviitualg. who procured such returns for piivori, by an .express agreement for the granting of raffic:eg, t.ltauld be subject to certain p ena l t i es . ' Lord 'H. PETTY Contev.ded, that if the present ok a i l .,e w e re adopted, the Bill instead'of annihilating Corruption, wobiLi concentrate and consolidate it. If 'one rpad alone were left open, by which the pos of Ltri'ougl! influence could turn that in fluence to a profitable a'econcit, that ro a d wo uld unquestionably :be frequented • by them, and th e whole • o f that influence would be thrown into•the it inds of the Tieskstiry. The teeni I .‘ express are. intent," which - alone,l according tq the proposed clause, would subject an individual to the penalties tit tla~~'Bill, was a kind of prociamatidn, iliat a Irene oCliiin cot io'Llndeci on ran " oxpreAs agreement," might he carried ots with finpUnity: If the Aa were act to be equally applicable to Offices t 1144 tp . heiltioVit it would be infinitely Ot ter to "have lint at all. He moved an amendment tall* leatihgatit..the word'" express.". ' 'The .of the &Fugue,* ,repeitted Lis foriottr statement', that' in the case of e glint of en offiees . tb an individot.Who had eitlierlfie right of Oliirg.liimJelf, , orthor`power of i ofluencins others, Jury,. would in most cases deVaro that sudz a *giant was in conamuence of a vote given, or in expejla- , lion of a vote to be.iven. There was a necessity • .therefore for the tents "express agreement ;" or otherwise . all interchange of good triflers, and all, gratitude for favours, would be at an end. `Sir J. AW!TRUTLIEII declared that it was a libel on. the Juries of the country to suppose that they were not competent to distinguish in the cases that might be brought before them. He adverted to the circum stance in which the present Bill originated, namely, the conduit of a Secretary of State, which conduct he Charaderised . as most bungling, and contended, that it was the . intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer only to prevent the repetition of such bungling condua . , and, absolutely to legalise every other description of conduit under.similar circum stances. By the proposed clause the Minister would be at liberty to make as many agreements as he thought proper, provided he did not allow the agree ment to appear on the face of the transaEtion. Mr. LITTLBTON declared that the present clause was so obnoxious to him, 'that if it were edoped, he should, however relu&antly, feel compelled to vot9 against the Bill. Mr. AsauTr (the Speaker) thought the present an embarrassing case. He thought it right to strike at a flagrant case, but he' thought it right to take care at the same timeliot toStrikeat any thing which it was nut intended to strike at. 'He shuuld vote for the clause as it origioally sioud, with the term " ex:. press' agreeinent ;" but he contended that the of fences net inclUded within. that term were misde meanours, and were punishable by the common law. As the principal offence would meet with the prin cipal punishment, and as nu offence would go with nut punishment, he should accept the clause as. it stood, and leave to experience to make any further enaitments that might be thought necessary. Mr. PUNSONBY regretted,ditiering from the Right Hon. Gentleman. When the law declared, that a person should be punished for an " express agree, ment," an instruction was distindly implied to the courts of law, that an individual was not to be psns ished .who had not entered into such an " express agreement." The law thus framed would fasour the ! case of an implied agreement, by tontradistinguish ing it from the express agreement; and at least en hance the clitlieUlty of punishing those whose agree ment was itnp!ied and nut expressed.' Mr. ABBOTT WiSlted it to be distinctly understood that the ground on which he should vote upon the pre sent case was, that the oflerice omitted in the clause 'would nevertheless not go unpunished, as it was a misdemeanour by the existing statute. Mr. PON SONBY persisted in his former statements. Mr. Tr ix EY allowed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman oppsee (Mr. Abbott) that any transaaien of the nature alluded to, although not founded on an " express agreement," was contrary to the law of Patliament, and to the common law of the land, Iyet cOntendA that it would be most extraordinary to abstain from including an implied contract or agiee• Mont in the purview of the present Bill, and declared l• that, in his opinion, if it were so omitted, the Bill would be worth nothing . 'The CIiANCELLOR Of the EXCIISQUER deprecated the accusation made by the Ejonourable Gentleman, 'that the Government set their faces against the Bill. Before , he fiack macW this netl f ition it would have been . weit had he consuktid - his Honoutable Priem' by whom the tint was Introduco,and have ascertained whether he thought the Govern. Went had so coodua - ted themselves. "1 - It, way isure that on the contrary it must be evident to the coon. try, that it the Government were hostile to the they might have taken a part very different from that which they had adopted : and yet the Honour-' able Gentleman .was one of those who asautned that they were not gloated by party feeling. Mr. CURWEN, while he did not believe that it was the intention of the Right Hon. Gent. opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to defeat the ()h -ied of the; Bill, put it to him, whether it would not be better to leave the persons, for Whose security he was anxious in the first. instance, his Majesty's Mi nisters, without a - guard; and that it any other measure was neceisaly for their defence, to propose such a measure ?. Mr. Bestir:es maintained, that if the word " ex press" were retained in the clause, the main objea Of the Bill would be defeated ; he trusted, there for:, that the atnendment , of the Noble Lord .would be acceded to. Sir S. ItomiLLY also supported the amendment of Lord H. Petty. • The ATTO4NEY-GENERAL defended the Chan- eellor of the, Exchequer from the charge of tioAility to the Bill, and supported the clause introduced by him, which,' considering the dOeulties attending the subjett, he considered as more proper with the word express" in it than it would be without that word, notwithstanding all the objeEtions that could be raised against it, or the Ose that might be made . of it by unfair representation out of doors. Mr. ADAM postponed the propusitiOn of his clauses till the third reading of the Bill. Mr. WORTLEY STEWART supported the original clause. The Gallery was then cleared for a di4oloo, and the numbers were— For the original Alcition . - 7 8 For the A inendnient - • • - 43 Majority in favour of the C:of the Exchequer ' s clause —3; Strangers were not re-admitted, but we under stand that the Big passed through the Comrniltee, and the Report was ordered to be received on ,Friday. Adjourned at half-past two o'clock. PROCLIGWATION OF COLONEL SCIULL. ." Germans—Brothers groaning under the yoke of a Foreign nation ! the moment ii arrived to' break your chains, and again to reviver! constitution, under which for centuries part you have lived happy, until. ~the boundless ambition of a daring Conqueror had. spread immeasurable misery in your country. " counselled—follow toy advio, and We shall be what once we were Let the alarm bells sound let she terrible sign of conflagration kindle in your, hearts the pure flame of patriotism ; and to your op pressors let it he the signal of attack: liasten, then, to arose ! Let scythes and pikes be used in tea place of common weapons. boon will English arms, Which 'hove 'already arrived, supply' their Owe, — The plftkl scythe will become a deadly weapon in yotti powerful hands ! Hasten to arms i let each share in the glory of being a deliverer of his country; and conquer for hiM:elf and his children repose and happiness. Let the coward be branded v,irit ex treme shame and detestation who shrinks from this honourable call ! To such a traitor no German wo man will ever give her hand. Courage I God is with us and our cause. The prayers of the aged will supplicate blessings for us. " Notwithstanding the boasted assurances of France, the armies of Austria are, as conquerors, advancing. The Tyrolians have broken their chains : the gallant Hessians are assembled; and at the head of tried and animated warriors do I hasten to you. The just cause will soon be triumphant, and rein stated will be the former renown of our country. — Hasten tO arms " ScHILL." Aa&lv&D—l Waterford. t 131113iCa. Mt —4 Gottenburgh, i Malta, i Dublin, 2, Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS TWELV& O'CLOCK. COMO'S for Opening b 911" I Red. Ann. - -671 i THE SUN. 1101.1114 QUIII DICIAI 1AL81.114 AUDS4T ? L 0 N D 0 N, luussimy, JUNK 8, 1809. We had yesterday the inexpressible satisfaction of laying before our Readers the substance of the Loth and i ith French Bulletins ; the former acknow ledges, in distinct - terms, the defeat of the French Army. We have this day given the Bulletins at length. It appears that BUONAPARTIC having com pleted his preparations for crossing the Danube, ef fe6ted that object un the 20th with the principal part of his army. He claims great merit gar the pas . sage of this river, which he considers as a very great military exploit, and we are happy to find that lie enumerates among the difficulties which attended that measure the hostility of the inhabitants. On the 21st the Austrians attacked the French; and the battle lasted the whole of the day.; and it is ob vious that it was not very favourable to the French, for the Bulletin merely says, " that at eight o'clock the battle terminated,' and we remained masters of the field of battle." During the night between the 21st and 22d the divisions of OLTDINOT and ST. litta.aititt, and a train of artillery, passed the Da nube. On the 22d, at four o'clock in the morning, the battle was renewed, and the Bulletin says, that MASSEN,A having sled for soma time on the defen sive, attacked the enemy, and threw them into con fusion. An attack was then made upon the centre of the Austrian army ; and then the Bulletin pro ceeds in the usual manner. " The enemy's centre could not withstand the sight of our troops—in a Moment every thing was borne down before them." " The Austrian army was on the point of being de strayed," &c. At this jonaure intelligence was brought to BUONAPARTE that the bridge over the Danube was broken down, by the rising of the river. We should have supposed, that at such a moment this "dreadful accident," as the Bulletin calls it, could not have produced any very serious consequences to the French, because, according to their account, the Austrian army was then in the utmost confusion. MASSENA had defeated their right; their centre had given way, and their whole ,army was on the point of being, destroyed. But the moment be learnt that the bridge in his rear was broken down, 13UONAFARTE, the victorious Btiotlk- Parrs, seems to have no other object but that of , saving his army from the attacks of a defeated and flying enemy—an enemy that " tied at the very sight of the French troops." All this certainly is very singular ; but what follows is equally so.— The Austrians, it appears, upon receiving the ac count of the breaking down' Of the bridge, renewed the battle. We'do not exaelly understand how it was that the Austrians received this intelligence, because the c whele French army was bet Ween -them and the river; but, wt. told that this terrified and defeated army, immediately became the assailants, and made the most astonishing exertions to break the French line. Fdr several hourethei kept up a most dreadful fire of .artillery upon the rfrench ; no less than 40,000 cannon . shots were fired by the Austrians, but with inch extraordinary want of skill, that the Fit ;telt had only 1 too men killed, while the Austrians Jost above .12,000, although the French from want of • ammunition' could only keep up a slack fire. The reielt of the whole was, that the Austrians were defeated and advanced, the ' French were vii orieus and retreated ! The broken down bridge would not permit the French to return to the south side of the river ; the defeated Austrians would not suffer them to remain on the North, and in this unpleasant predicament BUONAFARM was compelled to take up his quarters on an Island in the middle! ! Such is the very extraordinary ac count 13UONAPARTE has given of the Battle of gsling—an account which convinces us that the French have sustained a most complete defeat. We know that letters were yesterday received, by one of the first Merchants in the City, from Holland, which stated, that the loss of th e F renc h excee d e d 30,000. l e t is impossible to gi ve too muc h pra i se to the Afehdoke 61.AHLES'. Ile has displayed all the q u.liticS of a most consu male General. Wo :vac told in the F.ei!ch Bulletins, that after the Battle of Itatisbon the Afcliduke had fled to the mounilitts Bohemia for shelter, and yet we find hitn in on.; month alter engaging and defeating the whole French army close to Vienna. We are far from considering this viilory as decisive of the fate of the Campaign, but it certainly places BUOEAPARTE in a most perilous situation.--It will teach the Austrians that, when ably led on, they are able to beat their opponents, and it will convince the French that BUONAPARTE, even when assisted by BERTHIER and MAssasA, is not invincible. We had written thus far when we received Dutch. Papers of Tuesday, They contain the Twelfth Bulletin, which is dated at Ebersdorf the 26th ult. This Bulletin affords the most decisive proof that BUONAPARTR considers himself in a critical situa tion ; he has ordered BERNADOTTE to hasten. to Vienna, by forced marches, and be is colleelm ing reinforcements with all possible expedition.-- On the 24th and 25th the bridges over, the Danube were restored, and the . French ,Army presume, was relieved from its uncomfortabfe sular position. The remainder of the Bulletin! is be., cupied with an account of the number of :prisoners taken by the French when Vienna surrendered."' Ws= have made some further extraas from ,the Dutch. Papers, upon which we have not at present room W continent. It was this morning reported, that itv cow quence of some French soldiers having been kiliod' in Vienna, BUONAPARTE had set fire to that cit►, but aithe last Bulletin, which is dated.the 26th: Wf. at Ebersdorl, close to 'Vienna, does not mention lb° circumstance, we give no credit to the report. Advices have been received from 'fertusgal; 14 1 which it appears, that VicToa had fallen 'back ; to Caceres, between the Guadiana and the Tagus'', Sir 4. WELLasi.ry had passed the Mender , sod was within f:5 miles of pen. MitocuNzio's Collo which was near Castel Branco, and had been ordeo to march to Alcantara. Letters from Captain M(KiNt.ct, dated Vigo , dated May 25 , state, that the Spaniards had retaken St. Sago--that NCI was 'strengthening' AiruSlif at Ccirunna.—and that the Spaniards MA defeated a body of French, after . three aslioos,:near Lugo, and had driveo . them to take refuge in that town.. We this day received Jamaica Papers down tP the 29th of April, and wo.!tre happy In ' o wl% tW all differences bat woad the Governor and House Ot Assembly have terminated amicably. The Duke'ff MANCHESTER, on the 25th, addressed theAss.l4l,v hly, stating, that, by his MAJEsTY's Order, the Documents relative to the Court Martial, the g round of thoSe d;fferences should be laid before them; and, declaring, that so far from wishing to interfere witli the Rights and Privileges of the A‘sembly, it was h. ° earnest desire to maintain and support them. Th° House issued a Summons, and Major. General CAal miCUAEL was brought up the following day, `0" he declared that he had no intention to violate it° Privileges. He was, therefore discharged, and 4)° House passed a Resolution expressing its &violation with the declaration of the Governor. _........ *if vgriet Yesterday, soon after two o'clock his osal* -- ,,. held a private Levee, and Privy Council, lit I ' 4- (417Fr:re's Palace, which was attended by the : Toe Archbishop of Cpnterbury, the Lord C11400 11° 0%0 t Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, fbc ' iiio ' lord of the Adrhiralty, the three Secretaries of Ste c ', h . - i ll • ' Chancellor of the Eicnequer,the Lord Chamberlain, the . 0 v i ic oull r sic...morale Houiehold. the Puke of Montr ose. ' , Stopford, and Claremont ; Lord Heathtield, the Bighl u b y, Chester, Sir W. Cockburn. Generals blorrison, Abercr°'"—: and I'rescot ; and Colonel Gordon. ed maulerut to iC L lt n i o l e: h i u s oh e t ni i : ose f n . t io ip a t Ai ri n h i o j i o t em. - 11 : 1 G v6 , : i e n r c Y c g e e r : s a h T a a N d n i d 0 11! • , • . enni , Sir William Cockburn, ! . ro G n. ordon, upon his arri va l from 111"" e honour of being proof M ot rul.rpliesoounnteh,niu.ispapotrneGhtnoiirs'etgornanuP.rtilitedr-r^2,14-4;0. 1, The Bisbop of Chester , Mr. Claremont, upo ' the See of bailor. Mr. West, upon his being appointed one o f th e G ro"" his M . ajesty's bed-chamber. ' - , , , , 0 61 Major. General Abercromhy. upon his being un der )' the l 1 Commander in Chief of the Corripany's IfOoPS , 1 Presidency of liomoay. His MAJESTY gave audience to the Duke of Pa l ' t i LAND, and the rest of the Cabinet-Minisiers preflenot4 also to Sir DAVID DUNDAS and soo n oftgr six e'cl , set off for Windsor. ' tifl Yesterday, soon after twelve o'clock, herAti s , i , f and the PattiCassas, left the Queen's Pal.io' ''' Windsor. :pc:: to t o i theindoeidt 1 s. tra n s lation' ups' ' . 1- The second battalion of the 42d Highland ills mem, now on duty in the garrison of Dubli, e ' '.„, been ordered on their route tor Cork , there to bark for foreign service with the expedition nu under orders for that purpose. • The Court Martial on Lord GA Id OMR 15 10 quire at Portsmouth, on the 19th instant, to e l-- ` t ha into his Lordship's conduct in Basque' Roads , ~ it. 17th of March, and 29th .of .April last." S i '' CURTIS is to be the .. . We are very Sorry P to hear residen t t, hat the Princo ssA u j LIA has been for some time in a d ec lining sta te health. . held at fh . Yesterday a Court of Directors waS East India Honse, when t he under- 1,. )arlin4 I° ' ' menders took leave, previous to 'their I Jotter their. respeaive devinationi, viz :---Catio") hart. SrEwAnr, of the lkindhasn, tor Alacteira aoa.,„_o rth Sir f iliwu ' gal • Captain H. CHNISTOPIIatt, 0 i, Piditiley, for Bengal direct, • , me 'A lotted Cors7,